Date:

27 Jun 2024

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Article

Milwaukee Tool faces a lawsuit from a former Chinese prisoner who alleges he was forced to make work gloves for a supplier to the power tool company after being jailed for his activism. The former prisoner, filed a lawsuit Thursday in Milwaukee federal court against Milwaukee Tool and its Hong Kong-based parent company, Techtronic Industries.

Date:

10 Apr 2024

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Article

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) personnel at all U.S. ports of entry will detain work gloves manufactured by Shanghai Select Safety Products Company, Limited and its two subsidiaries based on information that indicates the use of convict labor in the production of that merchandise.

Date:

17 Jul 2023

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Article

Date:

14 Jul 2023

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Article

U.S. lawmakers call on Milwaukee Tool—which denies the allegations—to turn over information related to internal investigations regarding its products’ links to prison labor in China.

Date:

14 Jul 2023

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Article

We write to raise questions about forced labour used to make Milwaukee Tool products in the People's Republic of China (PRC) and your response to the possibility that U.S. consumers continue to buy such products made by political prisoners.

Date:

10 Jan 2023

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Article

I have collected enough evidence in the past several months and reported Milwaukee Tool to the US Customs and Border Protection Team and US Homeland Security Team. I hope that Walmart can stand with me.

Date:

10 Jan 2023

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Article

Recently released prisoners have testified that Milwaukee Tool uses Chinese prisoners of conscience as slave labor in China. I hope Amazon can take the right decision and stop selling these products.

Date:

10 Jan 2023

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Company Response

Amazon takes allegations of human rights abuses seriously, including related to forced labor. We do not tolerate the use of forced labor, including prison labor, in our operations or value chain.

Date:

10 Jan 2023

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Company Response

Walmart did not respond.

Date:

22 Dec 2022

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Article

Due to a recent whistleblower, I have discovered that my husband, and other prisoners at Chishan prison are being exploited as slave laborers to produce Milwuakee Tool gloves.

Date:

22 Dec 2022

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Company Response

We prohibit the use of forced or prison labor in our supply chain. This is an issue we take very seriously, and we work closely with our suppliers to ensure the product we sell is free from forced labor and fully compliant with all applicable laws.

Date:

22 Dec 2022

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Company Response

Milwaukee Tool does not tolerate the use of forced labor. We have strict policies and procedures in place to ensure that no authorized Milwaukee Tool products are manufactured by using forced labor.

Date:

3 Nov 2022

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Article

Shi Minglei, wife of imprisoned human rights lawyer Cheng Yuan, started a petition against Milwaukee Tool. She said that prisoners released from Chishan prison were used as slave laborers for the company, including her husband.

Date:

10 May 2022

Content Type:

Article

A Taiwanese activist jailed in China said that he was subjected to forced labour and endured stale food while serving a five-year sentence, but that he was not tortured.